---
type: "Bill"
title: "To modify definitions of school bus operators."
description: "To modify definitions of school bus operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4420"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4420 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63103b21-aadc-4605-b5f8-c75fb0b164d8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4420&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7d75ded54108504c05d5dba8161965c80b6c08a0c38870a42c71e597fe14757a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 4420 (2022) — To modify definitions of school bus operators.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4420%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4420)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4420%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4420)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4420%20intr.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4420)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toney — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 122) `passage`
- **2022-02-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 375) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 262, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63103b21-aadc-4605-b5f8-c75fb0b164d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).